Hayes (87-33; 8-2 last week): Notre Dame 24, USC 13. All the speculation ends—at least for one of the spots in the BCS National Championship race. The Irish are too good on defense—and have played too well on the road—to lose to a team that still has problems with fundamentals three months into the season.

Greenberg (86-34; 4-6 last week): Notre Dame 30, USC 20. The Trojans can’t—or won’t—tackle. It’s going to be a good night for the Irish running game and, probably, a bit of a frustrating night for the Trojans’ offense in the red zone without Matt Barkley. How crazy-great a game does Manti Te’o have to play to steal enough votes from Johnny Manziel to make the Heisman show interesting?

Greenberg: Georgia 45, Georgia Tech 34. Don’t judge the Yellow Jackets on their 6-5 record; they’ve won three in a row and scored 143 points in doing so, which means, relatively speaking, they’re rolling. And don’t think the Bulldogs aren’t looking ahead to the SEC title game just a little bit. It’ll take a late touchdown to ease the tension in Athens for one of only three teams that controls its own destiny in the national-title race.

Hayes: Georgia 27, Georgia Tech 17. This is part of the meltdown scenario for all those teams that need all that help to reach the BCS National Championship Game. It goes something like this: Georgia loses to Georgia Tech, then gets off the mat and has enough motivation to beat Alabama in the SEC Championship Game. Or we can just say Georgia beats Georgia Tech, and then beat Alabama. That’s more likely than the former pipedream.

Hayes: Ohio State 23, Michigan 21. Devin Gardner makes Michigan a completely different team. Which is to say, a team that can beat Ohio State. But there’s something magical about this Buckeyes team. They’re not really good at anything in particular, they just play well enough to get games to the fourth quarter and find ways to win. Why not one more time?

Greenberg: Michigan 20, Ohio State 17. The Buckeyes were awful offensively last weekend at Wisconsin. Defensively, they took advantage of an inexperienced quarterback and an inconsistent offensive line. The Wolverines obviously have an experience issue themselves under center, but Gardner already looks like one of the best QBs in the conference, and the guys in front of him can withstand OSU’s pass rush. Brady Hoke walks off the field a winner—and Urban Meyer burns all offseason.

Greenberg: Oregon 31, Oregon State 30. This time, Marcus Mariota delivers that big drive his team desperately needs. Then the Ducks shift into root-like-hell-for-Stanford mode.

Hayes: Oregon 45, Oregon State 20. A drive? This thing will be over by the second quarter. You do have one thing right, Steveo: Mariota will be the key to the game. He is this team’s most dynamic and indispensable player—not Kenjon Barner or De’Anthony Thomas.

Hayes: Florida State 24, Florida 9. If Florida’s defense wasn’t so salty, this could be worse for the Gators. The defenses are a wash; the FSU offense is significantly better than what Florida will roll out—no matter who is playing quarterback.

Greenberg: Florida State 21, Florida 14. If not for the deeply humiliating collapse in Week 12 that cost me my picks lead over you, Matty, my man, I’d go with the Gators on principle. What I mean by that is I’ve been listening to you be wildly wrong about how great the Seminoles are for, what, 10 years now? But I’m rolling with your FSU love this time because, yep, UF just doesn’t have any offense right now.

Hayes: UCLA 30, Stanford 24. A classic letdown game (think Alabama after mentally and physically-draining LSU win), even though the Cardinal need a win to clinch the Pac-12 North Division. This makes three straight conference games against ranked opponents: the Cardinal won the first two (Oregon and Oregon State) by a combined seven points.

Greenberg: Stanford 27, UCLA 17. It wouldn’t take a “letdown” for the Cardinal to lose—on the road—to an 9-2 team that just kicked the crap out of USC. In fact, it might take their best effort yet to pull this one out and earn their way back home to face the Bruins all over again. But there’s no reason for Stanford to be flat. The Bruins are the ones who’ve already locked up a spot in the league title game.

Greenberg: Clemson 33, South Carolina 20. This Tigers offense is so completely on fire, I don’t expect the Gamecocks to disrupt it much, let alone stop it. Steve Spurrier won’t have enough answers up his sleeve. Bad day for the SEC vs. the ACC.

Hayes: Clemson 31, South Carolina 30. Gamecocks are banged up on defense, and really don’t have anything to play for. A 10-win season? Yeah, OK. Meanwhile, here is Clemson: with a victory, the Tigers likely secure a BCS bowl bid as an at-large team. That—and the white hot play of QB Tajh Boyd—is enough for me.

Hayes: Oklahoma State 38, Oklahoma 36. I can’t get over the 344 yards rushing OU gave up to a wideout (Travon Austin) playing tailback. All I see is Joseph Randle doing the same thing for the ’Pokes, and OU powerless to stop it.

Greenberg: Oklahoma 38, Oklahoma State 27. Clint Chelf, dude. He played really well last week, but this was the Pokes’ No. 3 quarterback coming out of fall camp. He’ll make a couple of big mistakes, and that’ll point the arrow the Sooners’ way. Next year? Different story. With J.W. Walsh and Wes Lunt healthy from the get-go, the ’Pokes could win the Big 12 in 2013.

Greenberg: Iowa 24, Nebraska 20. This is going to be beyond tense for the Huskers and their fans. A bad Hawkeyes team puts the Rose Bowl dreams of Bo Pelini, Taylor Martinez and all of Big Red Nation in peril. A bile-filled rivalry is born! All await the Michigan-Ohio State game the following day and … my god, I can’t take all this drama, Matthias. Maybe I should just pick the Huskers by three touchdowns, which I have a feeling you’re about to do.

Hayes: Nebraska. 35, Iowa 13. This could, quite possibly, be the worst pick in the history of picks. You’re going with a team that has tanked the season; with a coach who has lost a team; with a team that has zero playmakers— against the hottest (eligible) team in the Big Ten. Suck my picks wake, Stevie.

Greenberg: Arizona 37, Arizona State 24. Round 1 goes to Rich Rodriguez. It has to, doesn’t it? The Wildcats have been so good at home this season. Don’t worry, Sun Devils fans, your boys will have a shot at revenge in 2013 … led by a new head coach, of course. Juuust kidding.

Hayes: Arizona 45, Arizona State 33. This is why Greg Byrne got an early start on his coaching search last year—so he could land Rich Rodriguez. All it did was completely change the fortunes of a program.